Mexican Chickpea Salad Sandwich

This recipe for Mexican Chickpea Salad Sandwich couldn’t be easier to make. Plus it only takes a few minutes.

The chickpea salad is inspired by a classic Mexican tuna salad. Instead of using tuna, chickpeas are smashed to created the texture of tuna.

To the smashed chickpeas, a fresh diced tomato, a little white onion, lime juice and cilantro are added.

The cilantro is completely optional; I just love adding fresh herbs to brighten up recipes.

I just use a little bit of vegan mayo for the salad. For this salad I like to use a chipotle mayo. I love the spicy kick of the chipotles I used to be able to find a vegan chipotle mayo, but it seems that they have stopped making it.

To make a homemade chipotle mayo, simple take some vegan mayo and add in about a teaspoon of the chipotle sauce from canned chipotles in adobo into the mayo and mix together.

The chipotle sauce adds a little kick to the chickpea salad which I just love.

You can serve the chickpea salad right away, or you can chill the salad in for fridge for 20-30 minutes fore serving. I prefer the chickpea salads to be cold. This is a great recipe to meal prep too!

I like to serve this salad on toasted bread with some lettuce for some added greens.